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Abandonment list

Seafarer Abandonment

Every year, the ITF and its affiliates deal with a number of cases of ‘abandonment’, where a shipowner ‘abandons’ their responsibilities for the ship and its crew.

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) states that abandonment occurs when a shipowner;

  • fails to cover the cost of the seafarer’s repatriation; or
  • has left the seafarer without the necessary maintenance and support; or
  • has otherwise unilaterally severed their ties with the seafarer including failure to pay contractual wages for a period of at least two months’

When this happens, the ITF Seafarers' Support team and our team of Inspectors will try their best to repatriate the crew and recover any outstanding wages.

All of the cases listed here have been reported to the International Labour Organization’s Abandonment of Seafarers database which provides further details, and also provides information on cases reported by governments and other organisations.

Get in touch about abandonment:

  • If you’re a seafarer, and you think your ship may have been abandoned, you should contact ITF Seafarer Support
  • If you’re a journalist interested in learning more about one or several of these abandonment cases, please contact the ITF’s media team
ITF current cases
Vessel Name IMO Flag Port Country Owed Wages Seafarers Nationalities Reported to ITF Status
EKO MAR 8868068 Unknown Rijeka Croatia 2 months 5 Georgia Open
DIGNITY 9283241 Russia Suez Egypt 2 months 24 Russia Open
ECLIPSE WIND 9399167 Iran Mumbai India 2 months 19 India Open
GHENA 8303989 Panama Isttanbul Turkiye 2 months 74 Philippines, Sweden Open
BADER III 7504598 Palau South Africa 2 months 72 Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Philippines Open
ZEIN I 7622041 Panama Montevideo Uruguay 2 months 46 Egypt, Jordan, Philippines Open
HADI 22 9392303 Bahrain Ras Tanura Saudi Arabia 2 months 4 Egypt, Sri Lanka Open
GEMINI 9000687 Bahamas Piraeus Greece 2 months 316 TBC Open
GREEN LAND 9246449 St. Kitts & Nevis Batu Ampar Indonesia 2 months 21 Bangladesh, India, Ukraine Open
SEA KING 9326641 Marshall Islands Lome Togo 2 months 19 Philippines Open
RAPID 8919233 Tanzania Kefken Turkiye 3 months 7 Ukraine, Iran Open
GLOBAL PEACE 9555199 Unknown Hamriyah UAE 15 months 19 Bangladesh, India, Ukraine Open
KOTOR 9575981 Montenegro Tyne UK 16 Georgia, Montenegro Open
LUCKY STAR 1062469 Sierra Leone Kamsar Guinea 2.5 months 13 China, Indonesia Open
FORE 8355504 Curacao FALSE Nakhoodka ancorage Russia 3 months 13 Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam Open
ALIM PASA 8975976 Cameroon Cadiz Spain 9 Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye Open
ZES PILOT 8906212 Finland Rotterdam The Netherlands 2 months 5 Cameroon, Estonia, FInland, Lithuania, Ukraine Open
ALBERO 9359612 Panama Kolkata India 2 months 20 Egypt, India, Indonesia Open
PRINCESS JIA JIA 9189926 Panama Boca Grande II Venezuela 3 months 20 TBC Open
ELEEN ARMONIA 9407495 Liberia Harcourt Nigeria 3 months 22 Bulgaria, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Ukraine Open
KATSUYA 9178068 Gambia Singapore 3 months 25 Georgia, India Open
ASIAN PEARL 9266176 Panama Onne Nigeria 2 months 22 India Open
HAYKAL 9117923 Panama Sohar Oman 3 months 24 India, Lebanon, Pakistan Open
LARISSA 1 9154268 Palau Berbera Somalia 2 months 9 India, Syria, Yemen Open
GSP BIGFOOT 1 8697366 Panama Kavala Greece 11 months 9 Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Venezuela Open
MAR 4 9038426 Tanzania Vassiliko Cyprus 3 months 12 Syria Open
ARGO II 7819814 Tanzania Ningde China 3 months 1 Georgia Open
CECILIA 8008498 Comoros Algeciras Spain 3 months 12 Bangladesh, India Open
SEA ARIES 9297125 Belize Casablanca Morocco 2 months 11 Azerbaijan Open
BELLA A 9182394 Comoros Djibouti Djibouti 3 months 16 Syria Open
KHASHAYAR 1 7616444 Iran Bushehr Iran 3 months 1 Ethiopia Open
BYB OTHELLO 8660947 St. Kitts & Nevis Zeytinburnu Turkiye 3 months 13 India, Syria Open
WARBA 9345178 Comoros 3 months 14 Egypt, India, Pakistan, Syria Open
MAFAF SKY 9569889 Unknown Hamriyah UAE 4 months 8 Ethiopia, India Open
HORENT 9197844 Curacao FALSE Singapore OPL Singapore 4 months 24 India, Ukraine Open
MIRA 7637319 Cameroon Samsun ancorage Turkiye 4 months 12 Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye Open
SWIFT FALCON 9246803 Panama Al Hamriyah UAE 2 months 21 China, Indonesia, Myanmar Open
MINSTER YUNIS 9327126 Comoros Tuzla Turkiye 5 months 11 India, Ukraine Open
NEREUS 9170913 St. Kitts & Nevis Al Hodeidah PROGRESS 2 months 14 Egypt, India Open
ARDHIANTO 9100528 Comoros Dubai UAE 3 months 20 Egypt, India, Syria Open
MALA KADO 9141912 Unknown Suez Egypt 6 months 3 Azerbaijan, Turkiye Open
AYAT 9467885 San Marino Suez Egypt 3 months 23 Egypt, India, Lebanon, Syria Open
PRUVALINE 7615232 Sao Tome & Principe FALSE Tripoli Lebanon 6 months 2 Syria Open
GSP FALCON 8324579 Belize Tuzla Turkiye 5 months 8 Malaysia, Romania Open
SONDOS 9268186 Antigua & Barbuda Sharjah UAE 6 months 13 India, Myanmar Open
VENUS I 8721193 Nambia Walvis Bay Nambia 6 months 22 Lithuania, Russia Open
MADAD 7 9414175 Comoros Musaffah UAE 3 months 6 India, Indonesia Open
GBP MARINE 9711054 Tazania Tanga Tanzania 2 months 14 Bangladesh, Russia, Ukraine Open
HADI 54 9760964 Bahrain Dammam Saudi Arabia 3 months 5 India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka Open
JIAN YANG HUI 9532070 Mongolia Nghe Tinh anchorage Vietnam 3 months 9 Ghana Open
KASHI 1039527 Gambia Hamriyah UAE 6 months 4 India Open
KOKOO 9114074 Tanzania Noumea New Caledonia 2 months 8 China, Myanmar Open
BGMS SUCCESS 9944390 Panama Dammam Saudi Arabia 5 months 3 Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Tanzania Open
BGMS BADER 9944405 Panama Dammam Dammam 5 months 16 Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Saudí Arabia, Tanzania, Ukraine Open
WARRIOR KING 9038854 Unknown Amuay Bay Venezuela 4 months 24 Venezuela Open
MAHAKAL Unknown Hamriyah UAE 3 months 2 India Open
AYODHA 1066219 St. Kitts & Nevis Sharjah UAE 5 months 14 Bangladesh, India Open
YORACO 9503586 Iran Amuay Bay Venezuela 4 months 29 Venezuela Open
DYANA 110 9066693 Iran Khorramshahr Iran 8 months 8 India, Pakistan Open
MAYBACH 8134522 Tanzania Dakar Senegal 3 months 9 Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye Open
SOLDIER 9590008 Tanzania Amuay Bay Venezuela 4 months 22 Venezuela Open
COLON 9503574 Unknown Punta Cardon Venezuela 4 months 29 Venezuela Open
TURBO SM 7612498 Comoros Zeytinburnu Turkiye 5 months 6 Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia Open
RAWABI 204 9898072 Tuvalu Safaniya Saudi Arabia 5 months 17 Azerbaijan, Egypt, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Ukraine Open
BGMS SUPERB 9944388 Panama Dammam Saudi Arabia 6 months 2 Azerbaijan, India Open
SERNAKH 7726392 Unknown Duqm Oman 11 India Open
MIRNA 9291925 Unknown Hong Kong Republic of China 6 months 9 Egypt, India Open
AL MADAD 1 9501928 Tanzania Aoshanwan China 7 months 7 Indonesia, Philippines Open
GLOBAL HAWK 9422859 Unknown Sawakin Digna anchorage Sudan 2 months 7 India, Sri Lanka Open
LADY GHEDA 1 7616004 Tanzania Sharjah UAE 3 months 13 India Open
FU YUAN YU 9993 8567743 China, People’s Republic of Al Duqm Oman 8 months 8 Indonesia Open
JAMILAH 9133185 Comoros Aden Yemen 3 months 17 Egypt, Syria Open
EMMA 8101599 Tanzania Durres Albania 4 months 6 India Open
SARAH 8120478 Comoros Gdynia Poland 6 months 1 Georgia Open
MALA KADO 9141912 Guinea-Bissau Suez anchorage Egypt 4 months 3 Azerbaijan Open
VASILIY BOZHENKO 8623999 Ukraine Diliskelesi Turkiye 5 months 7 Ukraine Open
OXIN 9190274 St. Maarten Zhoushan China 3 months 13 India, Iran Open
GINAN 8904604 Cameroon An-Ping Taiwan 9 months 4 Myanmar Open
VESTLANDIA 8211100 Unknown Benghazi Libya 4 months 16 Philippines Open
F-03 9735555 Palau Chittagong Bangladesh 10 months 2 India Open
STRATOS 79030498 Unknown Jubail Naval anchorage Saudi Arabia 8 months 10 India, Iraq Open
FU YUAN YU 9997 8567779 China, People’s Republic of Al Duqm Oman 8 months 9 Indonesia Open
NORDIC BAHARI 8203153 Indonesia Surabaya Indonesia 2 months 39 Australia, Indonesia, Russia Open
DNIPRO LINE 9136371 Ukraine Tuzla Turkiye 6 months 7 Ukraine Open
AYA ZANOUBYA 7702994 Tanzania MBM Albania 5 months 11 Albania, Egypt, Syria Open
BGMS SPLENDOR 9944376 Panama Dammam Saudi Arabia 8 months 11 Azerbaijan, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Russia, Tanzania Open
GOLDEN PALM 7636339 Unknown Suez Egypt 2 months 17 Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Namibia, Sri Lanka Open
SU GAS 9134361 Comoros Hamriyah UAE 3 months 10 India, Iran Open
HIMS 11 9615494 Bahrain Damman Saudi Arabia 6 months 5 India, Indonesia Open
HADI 50 9845348 Bahrain Dubai UAE 6 months 8 Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka Open
GNL 1001 9630327 Brazil Macae Brazil 2 months 16 Brazil Open
GNL 1008 9667590 Brazil Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2 Months 12 Brazil Open
SUDARSHAN 1043592 Unknown Hamriyah UAE 8 months 8 India Open
HADI 49 9845336 Bahrain Damman Saudi Arabia 6 months 6 Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka Open
HADI 38 9589920 Bahrain Damman Saudi Arabia 6 months 9 Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka Open
GNL 1015 9468657 Brazil Niteroi Brazil 2 months 10 Brazil Open
SUNNY LYNN 9124926 Panama Giresun Turkiye 6 months 16 Egypt, Syria Open
KAYAN 9015981 Tanzania Bandar Abbas Iran 12 months 14 Egypt, India, Syria Open
SIDIA 1 7242683 Cape Verde Dakar Senegal 4 months 7 Indonesia Open
LORD 17 9146091 Comoros Bandar Abbas Iran 4 months 25 Bangladesh, India, Syria Open
SAN LORENZO 9141053 Philippines Balayan Philippines 10 months 9 Bangladesh, Syria Open
PROSPERITY 1 7715422 Tanzania Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 2 months 10 Colombia, Panama, Venezuela Open
PAYVAR 1 9851218 Iran Bandar Abbas Iran 11 months 6 Ethiopia, Iran, Pakistan Open
CAPTAIN ADAM 1 8914087 Tanzania Djibouti Djibouti 9 months 18 Egypt, India, Syria, Yemen Open
GRACE 9486300 Antigua & Barbuda Hafia Israel 2 months 15 India, Ukraine Open
JJ-330 Tanzania Malaysia 4 months 1 India Open
VECTIS ISLE 8903040 Comoros Varna Bulgaria 2.5 months 5 Russia, Ukraine Open
NEW WAY 8857693 Cameroon Aliaga Turkiye 2 months 15 Kazakhstan, Ukraine Open
GULF WAVE 4 8310164 Unknown Sharjah UAE 3 months 5 India Open
SICIILIA 8129486 Guinea-Bassau Marina Di Portopalo Italy 8 Turkiye Open
AVESTA 6 9742132 Iran Bushehr Iran 14 months 1 Ethiopia Open
JOURI 9174775 Panama Damietta Egypt 5 months 30 Egypt, India, Syria Open
INSOMNIA Malta Nice France 3 months 5 Antigue, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy Open
LARUS 9148506 St. Kitts & Nevis Hamriyah UAE 14 months 15 Egypt, Syria Open
CELINE 9305609 Panama Khor Fakkan UAE 3 months 25 Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine Open
ARDHIANTO 9100528 Togo Djibouti Djibouti 3 months 19 Egypt, India, Syris, Sudan Open
SORMOVSKIY 121 8133578 Belize Poti Georgia 4 months 12 Azerbaijan Open
RT 10 9119933 Bolivia Jebel Ali UAE 8 months 16 India, Iran, Pakistan Open
NURAY 7520712 Togo Conakry Guinea Conakry 4 months 10 Lebanon, Syria Open
INAYAH THE EXPLORER 9141649 Tanzania Sao Luis Brazil 2 months 11 Indonesia Open
GAM EXPRESS 8204119 Unknown Kavkaz Russia 2 months 16 Egypt, Syria Open
SISTER 12 9010010 Comoros Aden anchorage Yemen 12 months 7 Syria Open
HADI 48 9745457 Bahrain Damman Saudi Arabia 4 months 18 Ethopia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Tanzania Open
HIMS 5 9821562 Saudi Arabia Damman Saudi Arabia 10 months 14 Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania Open
VALANT 9110444 Comoros 2 months 19 Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar Open
TRITEX GLORY 8356027 St. Kitts & Nevis 4 months 16 India Open
TANIN 8864347 Iran Bandar Abbas Iran 14 4 India Open
SAI ARAMBH 9115456 Unknown Al Hodeidah Yemen 4 months 16 India, Syria Open
SUNSHINE 1 8207549 United Arab Emirates Dubai UAE 13 months 8 India Open
SEA MASTER 8601991 Comoros Suez South OPL anchorage Eygpt 15 months 9 India, Pakistan, Ukraine Open
NIBA 9046784 Unknown Khor Fakkan UAE 2 months 25 Philippines, Russia, Ukraine Open
SEA TRUCK 7611509 Comoros Safaga Egypt 5 months 6 Egypt Open
OCEANLEC 322 9506954 Panama Khalid Sharjah UAE 4 months 10 India, Myanmar Open
ARCHER 8221789 Unknown Bandar Abbas Iran 13 months 5 India Open
C3 MAGNAR 9050620 Panama Trogir Croatia 4 months 6 Croatia, Montenegro Open
JARDO 6813370 Croatia Trogir Croatia 4 months 6 Croatia Open
APOLLO 1011941 Cayman Islands Sibenik Croatia 8 months 7 Russia, Ukraine Open
HEDDI 8129151 Comoros Bushehr Iran 19 months 1 Pakistan Open
PASHA 9 9124885 Unknown Suez Egypt 6 months 20 Egypt, India, Sudan, Syria Open
HADI 24 9524138 Bahrain Jubail Saudi Arabia 4 months 15 Egypt, Georgia, India, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Ukraine Open
OCEAN CITRINE 9626481 India Mumbai India 2 months 15 India Open
HADI 27 9463827 Bahrain Tanaqib Saudi Arabia 3 months 22 Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Jordan, Myanmar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania Open
PARESH OMID 8649175 Iran Kish Iran 10 months 8 India Open
JERBOA 7026962 Tanzania Sharjah UAE 7 months 12 Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Philippines, Sudan Open
LY 7 8542200 Sireea Leone Pasir Gudang Malaysia 16 months 5 China Open
HADI 42 9662253 Bahrain Safaniya Saudi Arabia 3 months 13 Azerbaijan (1), Egypt, India, Jordan, Tanzania Open
RAKAN 5 8922199 Comoros Aden Yemen 10 months 20 India, Syria Open
ADWAY 9563081 Palau Mumbai India 5 months 9 India, Indonesia Open
ANADI 9080871 Palau Hulumale Maldives 6 months 9 India Open
MLS SARATU 9691852 Singapore Lagos Nigeria 6 months 8 Nigeria Open
GAS MARTA 9307748 Panama Sharjah UAE 3 months 22 Russia, Ukraine Open
ABSOLUTE 9561215 Palau Mina Saqr UAE 3 months 7 Myanmar Open
MED STAR 8604345 Morocco Gibraltar 2 months 43 Morocco Open
DINA QUEEN 8812954 Comoros Tewfiq Egypt 4 months 15 Egypt, Syria Open
SUNNY LISA 7359278 Cameroon Bissau Guinea-Bissau 7 months 8 Ukraine Open
RAHIMA 9072989 St. Kitts & Nevis Tuticorin India 7 months 7 India, Sri Lanka Open
AVADH 9564358 Palau Tuticorin India 10 months 9 India, Indonesia, Myanmar Open
STAR-1 8405012 Panama Sharjah UAE 2 months 17 India, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Open
SUNSHINE 1 7027502 UAE Hamriya UAE 10 months 12 Egypt, India Open
PROFESOR MIKHAYLO ALEKANDROV 9121118 Unknown Las Palmas Spain 5 months 3 Ukraine Open
CIMARRON 9255933 Cameroon Zhoushan China tbc 29 India, Pakistan Open
CHI FU 8990172 Mongolia Ningde China 5 months 7 Myanmar Open
DTA 2 9208710 UAE Sharjah UAE 14 months 5 Ethiopia, Iran Open
ROYAL 1 9109005 Comoros Jeddah Saudi Arabia 5 months 18 Egpyt, India, Syria Open
PRINCE 4 8512865 Comoros Sharjah UAE 12 months 21 Egypt, India, Syria Open
SIAM 8637031 St. Kitts & Nevis Red Sea Eritrea tbc 32 India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Phillipines, Romania, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Yemen Open
GAS ATHENA 9267950 Panama Khor Fakkan UAE 8 months 16 Philippines, Ukraine Open
PINK 9631149 San Marino Istanbul Türkiye 5 months 11 India, Ukraine Open
OCEANLEC 322 9506954 Panama Sharjah UAE 10 months 10 Myanmar Open
PURAVALAN 1 9072989 Palau Male Maldives tbc 7 India, Sri Lanka Open
SONA 9005053 Panama Dubai UAE 7 months 27 India, Philippines, Ukraine Open
CHUANG SHI 8545654 Unknown Kaohsiung Taiwan 4 months 3 Myanmar Open
PLUTUS 9132519 Palau Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 2.5 months 23 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, Ukraine Open
FOURTHMAN 9181508 St. Kitts & Nevis Lagos Nigeria 18 months 18 Vietnam Open
GAS ZEUS 9267962 Panama Assaluyeh Iran 5 months 16 Philippines, Ukraine Open
PSD 104 9191802 Tanzania Durban South Africa tbc 8 India, Pakistan Open
HADI 51 9619581 Bahrain Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3 months 10 India, Indonesia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania Open
PRINCESS JESSICA 8912467 Unknown Dakar Senegal 18 months 4 Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria Open
TOMSON GAS 8811766 Panama Hmariya UAE 5 months 17 India, Philippines, Ukraine Open
ANTARCTIC DREAM 5278432 St Kitts & Nevis Maldives 2 months 20 Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka Open
ZIRIS 9804162 St. Vincent & the Grenadines Asaluyah Iran 3 months 7 Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Syris Open
OCEAN CENTURY 9435650 St. Kitts & Nevis Sharjah UAE 4 months 10 India, Indonesia Open
SAMED 9415375 Panama Assaluyeh Iran 5 months 10 Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Philippines Open
ONDA 8912467 Guyana Dakar Senegal 7 months 4 Cameroon, Lebanon, Nigeria, Syria Open
GLOBAL HAWK 9422859 Cook Islands Suakin Sudan $40,880 12 India Open
MERMAID 9330020 St Kitts & Nevis Al Hamriyah UAE 3 months 20 Georgia, India, Russia, Ukraine Open
OCEAN EXPLORER 9303637 Panama Mumbai India 5 months 19 Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Syria, Tanzania Open
ATLANTIC ENTERPRISE 7202554 Panama Karachi OPL Pakistan tbc 10 Azerbaijan, Croatia, United Kingdom, Ukraine Open
FRIEND-3 9107253 Comoros King Abdullah Saudi Arabia 10 months 12 Egypt, India, Syria Open
KONYUI Cameroon Dakar Senegal 7 months 9 Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Sierra Leone, Ukraine Open
BLUEFLOSS 7419042 Togo Takoradi Ghana 33 months 10 Cuba, Ghana Open
AL WAKRA 7715991 Tanzania Khalid Port UAE $72,000 14 India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria Open
CUTETA 8605935 Angola Dakar Senegal 12 months 35 Guinea Bissau, Angola, Cape Verde, Cuba Open
SHETAB 9208019 Iran Kish Iran 10 months 7 Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Open
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